My mother said, ‘Where did you hear about all this?’ And that’s why she put her foot down saying, ‘You will become a communist member for certain.’ I probably would have because I have a basic sense of the society being unjust and also I have an anger about being treated like ...
I met my husband online and so books like this are irresistible to me! They share their lives and then one day decide to meet in real life but things don’t go quite as planned. I don’t want to say anymore and risk spoiling this book but I will say that it takes an unexpected ...
Read Like a Girl Books to inspire the next generation of women April 13, 2018Fiction,Sci Fi & Fantasy,Teens,Tweens/middle grades Mortal Engines Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles #1) by Philip Reeve Scholastic, 2001 373 pages I've always been fascinated by steampunk, possibly because...
Thrown together by fate (or just bad luck), Raeve and Kaan wade through a minefield of danger, political drama, and forbidden truths.When the Moon Hatched is like a love letter to those who dig sass, sword fights, and star-crossed lovers with a fantasy twist.Get ready for a story wher...
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I tried to identify the elusive quality that makes some books sell like crazy in hardcover while others — just as appealing — languish on the shelves. I mean,The Girl on the Train— supposedly one of the fastest-selling hardcover novels for adults in publishing history –was fun to read,...
Bookshare is a great online library for all ages. This website requires a membership in order to read certain books, but has over 1 million titles to read, like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. The membership is only $1 a week, and if you are a serious online reader, I highly recommen...
It is narrated by Maya, a confident and reasonable ten-year-old girl who likes summer, watermelons, and W.I.T.C.H. dolls, all appearing in the first doublespread. Maya is not a passive narrator; she is inquisitive, and asks readers numerous questions, such as “what do you like?”,...
womenunavailable]doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00719.xANNEMARIE JUTELSchool of Midwifery at Otago Polytechnic in New ZealandJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111)Journal of Popular CultureJutel, Annemarie. "Running Like a Girl: Women's Running Books and the Paradox of Tradition." The Journal of ...
Loving The Girl in the Tutu (Uncontrolled Heroes Book 3) ByK.L. Donn When you start a book and then decide to set it aside for the meantime. Not because you did not like the book, but because as you go deeper into it, you know that you HAVE to devote a whole afternoon to a sto...